Yoshihito Nishioka and Alexis Galarneau will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.26
Alexis Galarneau -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alexis Galarneau
There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Alexis Galarneau since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 16-14 | 0-2 | 10-2 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-24 | 17-15 | 6-7 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 14-15 | 5-5 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 25-13 | 2-5 | 17-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 5-11 | 8-7 | 5-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Patrick Kypson 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Kypson (6-2 6-1). During the match, Nishioka scored 57 points vs Kypson’s 30. Nishioka was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nishioka scored 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nishioka broke Kypson 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Nishioka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (336-204). 11-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nishioka has an aggregate 48-29 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Nishioka’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Columbus Challenger and the Cleveland Challenger.
Yoshihito has an overall 27-16 win-loss record in 2022, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Nishioka has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-32 | 24-18 | 1-3 | 11-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-26 | 15-12 | 8-6 | 12-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 287 (career-high), Alexis got to the 2nd round after beating Billy Harris 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-2 6-1). During the match Galarneau scored 57 points vs Harris’s 28. Galarneau was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Galarneau blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexis Galarneau was extremely efficient on serve to win 94% (17/18) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Galarneau broke Harris 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Galarneau’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Francavilla Challenger.
The Canadian has a compiled 22-15 win-loss record in 2022, 13-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishioka | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 |
| Pts | 57-30 | 57-28 |
| Total Points | 87 | 85 |
| Winners | 23 | 17 |
| %Winners | 40% | 30% |
Both Nishioka and Galarneau played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nishioka and Galarneau have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (15). The Japanese scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian made 17 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 18/44 |
| %1st in | 66% | 41% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 17/18 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 94% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 17/26 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 65% |
Nishioka managed to score 3 aces . Galarneau recorded 4 aces . Nishioka won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 94% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishioka | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 71% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Yoshihito broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Japanese quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Galarneau broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Canadian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Nishioka | |||
| R1 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 57-30 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 27/41 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-28 | 57-28 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/44 | 18/44 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 41% | |
| 1st pts | 17/18 | 17/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
